Joshua 4:21

21 And he said to the people of Israel, "In the future, when your children ask you what these stones mean,

Joshua 4:21 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 4:21

And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying
At the same time he set up the stones:

when you children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying,
What [mean] these stones? (See Gill on Joshua 4:6).

Joshua 4:21 In-Context

19 The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.
20 There Joshua set up the twelve stones taken from the Jordan.
21 And he said to the people of Israel, "In the future, when your children ask you what these stones mean,
22 you will tell them about the time when Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.
23 Tell them that the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan for you until you had crossed, just as he dried up the Red Sea for us.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.